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The office of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the United States in contrast resolution To cancel the Palestinian leader’s visa, just weeks before his willingness to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

The Palestinian presidency expressed “surprise” of Washington’s decision on Friday to cancel ABBAS and 80 Palestinian officials before high -level meetings next month at the United Nations headquarters.

Abbas addressed the General Assembly for many years and leads the Palestinian delegation in general.

“We call on the American administration to reflect its decision,” the spokesman for Abbas Nabil Abu Rodinah told Associated Press on Saturday.

Abu Rodin said: “We have been in contact with Arab and foreign countries, especially those who are concerned directly on this issue. This effort will continue around the clock.”

The spokesperson also urged other countries to pressure the administration of US President Donald Trump to reflect its decision, including the most important ones that organized a high -level conference on the revival of the two -state solution.

On September 22, the conference will be hosted by France and Saudi Arabia.

“Paid ideology”

The Trump administration visa restrictions come amid an increasing condemnation of the destruction of Israel The war on the Palestinians In the Gaza Strip, a wave of Israeli settlers and military violence in the occupied West Bank.

The deadly attacks prompted an increasing number of countries to announce plans to recognize an independent Palestinian state at the United Nations in September.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio justified the cancellation on Friday for the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) “not compliance with its obligations” and “undermining the prospects for peace.”

Rubio also accused the Palestinian Authority of participating in the “Lawfare campaigns”, including the appeal to the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to hold Israeli accountability for violations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

But Matt Dos, CEO of the International Politics Center, a US -based research reservoir, accused the Trump administration “clearly violating the diplomatic protocol” in its decision to cancel visas.

As a host country, the United States aims to grant visas to state representatives and United Nations officials to visit the headquarters of the International Authority in New York City.

“What is going on here is clearly driven by ideology,” Doss told Al -Jazeera Island.

“There are people inside the Trump administration who are working closely with the right -wing Israeli government, and their goal is to remove the Palestine Liberation Movement from the international agenda,” he said.

“They do not get to know the right of the Palestinian peoples to the state, and they are trying to prevent this on the ground in Palestine and now they are trying to remove them from the international agenda in New York.”

European criticism

Meanwhile, the head of the European Union’s foreign policy said that the bloc calls for Washington to reconsider the denial of the visa.

“In light of the current agreements between the United Nations and its host condition, we all urge to reconsider this decision,” said Kaja Callas on Saturday after a meeting of ministers abroad in Copenhagen.

French Foreign Minister Jean -Nula Barrot also said that the General Assembly “cannot suffer from any restrictions on arrival.”

“The headquarters of the United Nations is a place for neutrality, and it is a haven for peace, where conflicts are resolved,” said Barrot.

Meanwhile, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that he had spoken with Abbas on Saturday to express his “fixed support” after completing the “unfair” visa.

“Palestine has the right to hear its voice at the United Nations and in all international forums,” Sanchez wrote in a social media post.